Midges could catch a hawk as readily as _they_ could overhaul this Eagle of the Sky.
"Nowhere within a radius of twenty-five miles can any of those planes rise to our level.

This is curious, but true.

In the same way, on much the same principle, though through a very different application of it, you cannot speak or move until I so desire.

All your voluntary muscles are completely, even though temporarily, paralyzed.

The involuntary ones, which carry on your vital processes, are untouched.
"In one way, _monsieur_, you are as much alive as ever In another you are almost completely dead.